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Cityscrapes: One More Hotelnew
Just one more hotel, and the city will boom. That has long been the mantra of this city’s business and political leaders. With her decision to support a new hotel tower atop the Joske’s building, City Manager Sheryl Sculley has now joined the crowd, fully backed by newly reelected Mayor Julián Castro.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
05-24-2013 |
Housing & Development
Tags: san antonio
San Antonio talks of community, but continues to build the dividenew
San Antonio is often best understood from afar, by a distant observer who can realistically compare it to other places. Recent months have seen three new studies that place San Antonio in a larger context and can help educate us about our community.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
10-26-2012 |
Economy
Tags: San Antonio Economy
Revisiting the great Convention Center black holenew
There we go again. Or rather, there they go again. Local leaders keep spending hundreds of millions on our Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, and on its next-door Grand Hyatt hotel, in the hopes that the local convention business will boom.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
08-16-2012 |
Housing & Development
San Antonio's high dropout rates at the root of city's 'brain drain'new
Recent weeks have seen increasing talk from local leaders about education and San Antonio's economic future.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
06-19-2012 |
Education
San Antonio Streetcar Plans Represent Another Developer-Fueled Heistnew
"GO BY STREETCAR" reads the big neon sign on the Streetcar Lofts in Portland's Pearl District. And in Portland, you can go by streetcar. From the busy, active downtown complete with Macy's, Nordstrom's, H&M, and host of other stores and businesses leading into the booming Pearl District with its lofts and townhouses.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
02-16-2012 |
Transportation
Tags: San Antonio streetcars
Saying 'No' to the Spursnew
A primer for San Antonio's business and political leaders.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
01-19-2012 |
Sports
Tags: San Antonio Spurs, SAISD
Big-League Lustnew
For more than a decade, every time San Antonio's politicians and business leaders have come up to bat for a major-league team, we've swung and missed.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
01-03-2007 |
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